Based on the reaction of my male patients when I tell them they need to have a digital rectal exam, the following must be what they’re expecting me to write in their medical record afterwards:
“OH. MAH. GERD. This patient’s butthole was so hairy – and then I had to put my FINGER in it, ew ew EWWWW!!? I’m gonna take a 2-hour lunch break to get over the trauma of this experience, and how will I ever get this mental image out of my head?”
Meanwhile, what I actually write:
“Rectal tone normal, no hemorrhoids/anal fissures noted. Prostate average in size without tenderness or nodules, no evidence of peri-rectal abscess.”